Mikaeli

Mikaeli

Mikaeli (Georgian: მიქაელი) was a Georgian calligrapher of the 9th century.[1]

He created his works in Shatberdi monastery of Tao-Klarjeti which was built by Gregory of Khandzta during the reign of Bagrat I of Iberia. In 897 Mikaeli with the request of Soprom Shatberdeli re-wrote Adysh Gospels which is kept in Historical-Ethnographical Museum of Svaneti, in Mestia. It was written on parchment.


References

  1. ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ტომი 7, გვერდი 24, თბილისი, 1984 Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 7, page 24, Tbilisi, 1984

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